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Draft report (2024/2081(INI)) 2024-11-06

Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Amendment 321

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums and calls for progress in ensuring an EU seat in international organizations, including in the UN Security Council; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 322

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; stresses that EU territory is still under illegal occupation, with catastrophic consequences for human rights; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 323

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums and to support the strongest possible language in line with international human rights standards; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 324

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 325

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; notes that the EU and its Member States are continuing to support the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; reiterates that the UN and many of its bodies are in need of reform; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 326

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN and all its agencies, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 327

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies and agencies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN system, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 328

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 329

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 330

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reaffirms that promoting the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available;

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Amendment 331

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Rejects the proposal to grant the EU a permanent seat in all multilateral forums, as it would contribute to the erosion of national sovereignty and limit the ability of Member States to act in their national interests; stresses that conferring disguised state attributes to the EU poses a direct threat to the national sovereignty of Member States and represents a further step toward federalization; underlines that, in accordance with Article 24(1) of the TEU, as supplemented by the relevant Declarations of the 2007 Intergovernmental Conference, the provisions concerning the Common Foreign and Security Policy do not allow the EU to encroach on the competencies of Member States in foreign policy, this includes the role of the High Representative and the European External Action Service, which should not affect the existing legal basis, responsibilities, or competencies of Member States in developing and conducting their foreign policies, managing their national diplomatic services, maintaining relations with third countries, or participating in international organizations, including membership on the UN Security Council;

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Amendment 332

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Stresses that the current multilateral order needs to fully incorporate in its architecture the new global actors, especially those focusing on democracy and human rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to guarantee a separate and permanent seat for the Union in multilateral forums, including the UN Security Council; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to act united with a single voice and effectively in tackling global human rights and democracy challenges in multilateral fora;

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Amendment 333

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Deplores the anti-Israel bias at the UN, particularly, in the Human Rights Council, and calls for the reform of its membership criteria to stop it being abused by Iran and other authoritarian and totalitarian regimes;

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Amendment 334

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Is deeply concerned about the links that employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have to terrorism; strongly urges the EU and its Member States to refrain from financing organisations that in any way support, or are involved in, terrorism;

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Amendment 335

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17b. Condemns, in the strongest terms, the attendance of Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres at the sixteenth BRICS summit in Russia hosted by Vladimir Putin; takes the view that the Secretary-General’s attendance at the summit significantly weakens the UN’s credibility as an organisation that promotes international peace; emphasises that Guterres’s visit would seem to legitimise Vladimir Putin’s criminal regime, which scored a propaganda victory as a result;

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Amendment 336

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17b. Deplores the distorted use of the organizations of multilateral fora by the hand of a number of third countries, and particularly authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, such as in some cases particular friendship groups in the UN, in order to advance an agenda that challenges human rights and the multilateral and rules-based world order; calls on the EU to develop a robust strategy along with like-minded countries in order to contain this situation and to send a united and strong message of support to these organizations when attacked or threatened

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Amendment 337

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17b. Stresses that France, as the only EU Member State with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, already guarantees European representation therefore, granting the EU a seat is unnecessary and would constitute an act of sabotage against France’s sovereignty and national interests; warns that such a move would elevate the EU to the status of a state, undermining the sovereignty of Member States and shifting further toward federalization and constitutes a breach of Article 24(1) of the Treaty on European Union;

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Amendment 338

András László

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

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Amendment 339

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like‑minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

18. Notes that based on current trends, the UN member states are increasingly calling into question the added value of UN peacekeeping operations; is concerned by the lack of impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity in the UN human rights mechanisms and human rights committees; is deeply concerned by the encroachment of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the prerogatives of the States Parties; is deeply concerned by the impact on freedom of expression of the UN’s proposals in connection with the Global Principles for Information Integrity and the Pact for the Future;

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Amendment 340

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council, the stigmatization of UN agencies providing humanitarian aid in conflict zones, and the delegimization of UN peacekeeping missions, essential to protect human rights and maintain regional stability; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

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Amendment 341

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like‑minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like‑minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend; also stresses, however, that many UN bodies are in urgent need of reform and that there is legitimate criticism.

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Amendment 342

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 343

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council, especially the repeated use of Russia of the veto power on issues of non-proliferation; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

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Amendment 344

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes and also by a number of long-established democratic countries across the world, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

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Amendment 345

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order particularly by authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, including through the undermining of the functioning of UN bodies, namely the abuse of veto power at the UN Security Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

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Amendment 346

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18a. Deplores the lack of action by the European Union and by US in the face of the unsubstantiated attacks originating from the Israeli Government and army towards the UN and, in particular, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and even against the general secretary who has been declared persona non grata;

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Amendment 347

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18a. Calls on EU institutions and Member States to promote ceasefire and peace talks on a multilateral level to halt armed conflicts around the world;

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Amendment 348

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, not least through the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to the ICC; calls for the EU and its Member States to keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC and the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to civil society organizations dedicated to foster justice and accountability for international crimes and serious human rights violations and enhance survivors’ participation ; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their support to the ICC with the necessary means, including resources and political backing and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers to press other countries to join and cooperate with the court, including to enforce ICC arrest warrants, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution everywhere in the world without exception ; calls on the EU to urge third countries including its major partners to recognize the ICC and become a state party to the Rome Statute;

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Amendment 349

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Recalls that a well-funded ICC is essential for the effective prosecution of serious international crimes; welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, not least through the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to the ICC; emphasizes the need for increased and consistent financial and logistical support from the international community to enable the ICC to fulfil its mandate effectively; calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure sustainable funding and support the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide, including contributions to the Trust Fund for Victims, which provides reparations to individuals harmed by crimes under the Court's jurisdiction; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;

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Amendment 350

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC and through the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to civil society organizations dedicated to foster justice and accountability for international crimes and serious human rights violations, including by enhancing survivors’ participation in processes; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and intensify its support to the ICC with the necessary means including resources and political backing and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to protect the integrity of the court-s treaty, respect and uphold respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, to urge other countries to join and cooperate with the court, including to enforce ICC arrest warrants and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution everywhere in the world without exception;

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Amendment 351

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, and the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering financial support to civil society organisations dedicated to foster justice and accountability for international crimes and serious human rights violations, including by enhancing survivors’ participation in processes; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and intensify its support to the ICC with the necessary means including resources and political backing, and to use all instruments at its disposal to combat impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, to urge other countries to join and cooperate with the court, including to enforce ICC arrest warrants, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution everywhere in the world;

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Amendment 352

András László

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 353

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 354

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 355

Mounir Satouri

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, and praises the launch of the civil society led programme 'Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes - making justice work’; calls for the EU and its Member States to keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to increase this support - including to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims - and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;

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Amendment 356

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, not least through the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to the ICC; calls for the EU and its Member States to keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect and implement the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;

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Amendment 357

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, not least through the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to the ICC; calls for the EU and its Member States to keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect and enforce the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;

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Amendment 358

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Notes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, not least through the launch of the ‘Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to the ICC; calls for the EU and its Member States to keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;

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Amendment 359

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19a. Stresses, in this connection, that the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights; recalls that the arrest warrants were issued as a result of their involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children and their deportation to Russia; stresses that it is the obligation of each State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to arrest wanted persons; condemns, in the strongest terms, the failure of the Mongolian authorities to comply with the arrest warrant when Vladimir Putin visited the country on 3 September 2024;

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Amendment 360

Mounir Satouri

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC as independent and impartial jurisdictional institutions amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; notes with deep concern the worrying and rising trend to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; in particular, condemns in the most critical terms the political attacks, sanctions and other coercive measures introduced or envisaged against the International Criminal Court itself and against its staff; calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to cooperate and work on solutions in order to shield any future sanctions against the ICC institution or against its staff which would threaten the functioning of the Court or even its very existence.

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Amendment 361

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; notes with deep concern the worrying and rising trend to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; calls on the international community to execute the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court; considers that a breach of the international obligation incumbent upon a State Party to the Rome Statute to arrest Putin should entail serious consequences for any states that ignore these warrants, and underlines the importance of international cooperation in pursuit of criminal accountability for war crimes and justice for the victims;

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Amendment 362

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC as essential institutions for upholding international justice amid a particularly challenging time for multilateralism; notes with deep concern the worrying and rising trend to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; recalls its strong support for the independence of the International Criminal Court, as enshrined in the Rome Statute, and calls on all Member States to respect and protect this independence by refraining from any actions that might undermine the Court's impartiality;

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Amendment 363

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; notes with deep concern the worrying and rising trend to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; considers that the impartiality of the judges of the International Court of Justice and the ICC is of key importance for preserving credibility; deems it essential that the International Court of Justice and the ICC not be used as political tools;

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Amendment 364

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; calls on the EU institutions and all the Member States to respect and implement the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICJ; notes with deep concern the worrying and rising trend to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; calls for the EU and its Member States to protect the International Court of Justice, its officials, and those cooperating with it from threats and attacks

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Amendment 365

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; condemns the worrying and rising trend by state officials to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees and those who cooperate with it; calls for the EU and its Member States to protect the International Criminal Court, its officials, and those cooperating with it from threats and attacks, regardless of the origin of these threats;

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Amendment 366

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; condemns the worrying and rising trend by state officials to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees; and those who cooperate with it; calls for the EU and its Member States to protect the International Criminal Court, its officials, and those cooperating with it from threats and attacks;

Or. en

Amendment 367

András László

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice;

Or. en

Amendment 368

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 369

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; calls for the EU and its Member States to protect the International Criminal Court, its officials, and those cooperating with it from threats and attacks;

Or. en

Amendment 370

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20a. Calls for support for the initiative of the Republic of South Africa to prosecute Israel for war crimes and genocide in Gaza; calls on the Member States to support the ICJ and to demand that Israel immediately comply with the legally binding orders issued by the court in January, March and May 2024 in which the ICJ ordered Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians and let necessary aid enter Gaza;

Or. en

Amendment 371

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20a. Urges the EU to put in place preventive measures to effectively shield the ICC against the potential adoption of the pending legislation at the US House of Representatives which aims to impose targeted sanctions on judges, staff and legal experts of the ICC, mitigating its harmful consequences on the Courts work;

Or. en

Amendment 372

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20a. Recognises universal jurisdiction as an important tool of the international criminal justice system to prevent and combat impunity and promote international accountability; calls on Member States to apply universal jurisdiction in the fight against impunity;

Or. en

Amendment 373

András László

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20a. Reiterates that international tribunals must be independent and impartial;

Or. en

Amendment 374

Petras Auštrevičius, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Nathalie Loiseau, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the form of ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines that it is of the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all people in vulnerable situations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations, humanitarian and medical workers and journalists and media workers; calls upon all states to unconditionally and fully conform with international humanitarian law; calls upon the international community and the Member States in particular to promote accountability and the fight against impunity for grave breaches of international humanitarian law; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on them; demands unhindered access to humanitarian organizations monitoring and assisting the prisoners of war as provided for in the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War; expresses its concern at the reported abuses and shortcomings of the Russian Red Cross in assisting Ukrainian prisoners of war and informing their families of their place of detention, and expects the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (IFRC) to take prompt action in accordance with its constitution; calls for international cooperation and assistance in the return of forcibly deported and illegally adopted Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation;

Or. en

Amendment 375

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the form of ongoing conflicts where civilians are being indiscriminately targeted; underlines that it is of the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all people in vulnerable situations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to fully respect their work and ensure they can meet the basic needs of the civilians without interference; urges all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations, journalists and humanitarian and medical workers; calls upon all states to unconditionally and fully conform with international human rights and humanitarian law; calls upon the international community and the Member States in particular to promote accountability and the fight against impunity for grave breaches of international humanitarian law and to support the ICJ and the ICC in their mandates as essential institutions for upholding international justice; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;

Or. en

Amendment 376

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the form of ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines that it is of the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all people in vulnerable situations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations and humanitarian and medical workers; emphasizes the urgent need to address the continuing humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s war of aggression towards Ukraine, which has already displaced millions of people both internally and across EU borders, and calls for increased protection for these displaced individuals; calls upon all states to unconditionally and fully conform with international humanitarian law; calls upon the international community and the Member States in particular to promote accountability and the fight against impunity for grave breaches of international humanitarian law; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;

Or. en

Amendment 377

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the form of ongoing conflicts around the world; condemns the constant attempts to undermine and discredit the UN, its Secretary General, and its agencies such as UNRWA, as well as the attacks on its peacekeeping missions; underlines that it is of the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all people in vulnerable situations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations and humanitarian and medical workers; calls upon all states to unconditionally and fully conform with international humanitarian law; calls upon the international community and the Member States in particular to promote accountability and the fight against impunity for grave breaches of international humanitarian law; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;

Or. en

Amendment 378

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the form of ongoing conflicts around the world; strongly condemns the increase of deliberate, indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilians and civilian objects in multiple conflict settings; underlines that it is of the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all people in vulnerable situations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations and humanitarian and medical workers; calls upon all states to unconditionally and fully conform with international humanitarian law; calls upon the international community and the Member States in particular to promote accountability and the fight against impunity for grave breaches of international humanitarian law; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns recent attacks on them;

Or. en

Amendment 379

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. sv

Amendment 380

Lucia Yar, Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 381

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 382

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 383

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Strongly condemns the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russia; considers that the lack of accountability for similar crimes committed in the past, including the Katyn massacre of Polish officers carried out on the orders of the highest authorities in the Soviet Union, as well as the references to Stalinist traditions and the counterfeiting of history, are fostering a climate of impunity and encouraging further war crimes; calls on the international community to take decisive action to punish the perpetrators of these crimes and to create effective mechanisms to prevent such acts in the future;

Or. pl

Amendment 384

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Points to the gendered impacts of armed conflicts, including the use of sexual violence against women and girls as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to give high priority to and systematically include as part of their humanitarian responses support and financing for sexual and reproductive health supplies and services as outlined in the Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health in crisis situations (MISP for SRH);

Or. en

Amendment 385

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Condemns Russia's crime of aggression and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine; reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to actively support efforts towards ensuring accountability for war crimes within existing international courts and institutions, as well as for the crime of aggression, through the establishment of a special international tribunal, among other methods;

Or. en

Amendment 386

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Strongly condemns the attacks against humanitarian workers, recalls that humanitarian workers, as well as medical personnel needs to be protected in times of conflict in line with the International Humanitarian Law; reiterates that humanitarian workers must not be targeted in conflicts;

Or. en

Amendment 387

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Condemns in the strongest terms the use of sexual violence against women and girls as a weapon of war and calls for more concerted efforts to end impunity for the perpetrators;

Or. en

Amendment 388

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Denounces that almost all civilians in Gaza are displaced and nearly all suffer from hunger; reminds that the International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to let necessary aid enter Gaza and in that sense calls on the Israeli Government to ensure the urgently needed provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance;

Or. en

Amendment 389

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21b. Highlights that UNRWA plays an irreplaceable role in providing critical aid to ensure the day to day survival of 2.2 million civilians in Gaza, who are facing an unspeakable threat to their lives and most basic rights; rejects the suspension of funding to UNRWA and calls to the EU and its Member States to grant UNRWA support with the proper funding to continue and to improve its life-saving humanitarian work;

Or. en

Amendment 390

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21b. Reiterates its call on the Member States to help contain armed conflicts and serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law by strictly abiding by the provisions of Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and Export Assessment and Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on Arms Exports;

Or. en

Amendment 391

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21c. Given the gendered impacts of armed conflicts, deplores the insufficient priority and focus given to sexual and gender-based violence and to sexual and reproductive health and rights across the EU’s humanitarian and refugee response; reiterates that humanitarian crises intensify SRHR- and gender-related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, particularly among vulnerable groups such as refugees and migrants, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation, rape as a weapon of war and unwanted pregnancies; calls on the Commission and Member States to give high priority to gender equality and SRHR in their humanitarian aid response, as well as accountability and access to justice and redress for sexual and reproductive rights violations and gender-based violence including in terms of training for humanitarian actors and existing and future funding;

Or. en

Amendment 392

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21d. Expresses concern over frequent violations of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment; calls on all the Member States to strictly observe the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and in particular to halt all transfers of weapons, surveillance and intelligence equipment and materials that could be used by governments, terrorist groups or mercenaries to crack down on human rights and a fortiori for the purposes of armed conflict; stresses that some EU Member States are among the largest arms exporters in the world and considers it essential to apply and strengthen international standards on arms sales to prevent any EU Member State or European company from participating directly or indirectly in an escalation of violence or in the financing of armies or groups involved in abuses; calls for these companies to commit to their moral, social and legal responsibilities;

Or. en

Amendment 393

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21e. Calls for Member States to immediately stop arms exports to Israel in line with Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment; warns that states which support Israel with arms shipments can now be sued in the ICJ for aiding and abetting genocide against Palestinians in violation of Article 3(e) of the Genocide Convention, which criminalises complicity;

Or. en

Amendment 394

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Team Europe approach

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 395

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 396

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Notes that attempts to take precedence over the foreign policy of the Member States by establishing an autonomous EU diplomacy through the 'Team Europe' approach are a direct attack on their sovereignty and another step toward federalization;

Or. en

Amendment 397

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide; encourages careful monitoring and assessment of the capacity of EU Delegations to ensure that every EU delegation has a designated point of contact for cases of human rights violations and that such mandate is allocated sufficient resources to respond in an effective and timely manner; reiterates, in this context, the importance, for the EU delegations, of existing EU guidelines related to specific cases of Human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 398

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Andrey Kovatchev, Lukas Mandl, Nicolás Pascual De La Parte, Davor Ivo Stier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide; encourages careful monitoring and assessment of the capacity of EU delegations to ensure that every EU delegation has a designated point of contact for cases of human rights violations and that such mandate is allocated sufficient resources to respond in an effective and timely manner; recommends that EU Delegations are regularly trained on the existing EU Guidelines related to specific issues of human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 399

Petras Auštrevičius, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Barry Andrews, Nathalie Loiseau, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries, particularly in encouraging those countries to comply with their international obligations and to refrain from harassment and persecution of critical voices; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all possible means to encourage countries to release political prisoners; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide;

Or. en

Amendment 400

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide; recommends that EU Delegation staff is regularly trained on the existing EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;

Or. en

Amendment 401

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide; calls for the EU to ensure human rights promotion and protection through its Global Gateway investments and projects to ensure that they do no harm;

Or. en

Amendment 402

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries, as well as between Member States and EU institutions; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide;

Or. en

Amendment 403

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Urges for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide;

Or. en

Amendment 404

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22a. Notes with concern the lack of EU’s consistency in its external action regarding human rights and calls for the EU to ensure human rights promotion and protection through its Global Gateway investments and projects to ensure that they do no harm; welcomes the Commission’s Inequality Marker (I-Marker), recommends the broadest application of the Inequality Marker, including in Team Europe Initiatives and with regard to the Global Gateway, and encourages to complement it with the Gender and Disability Markers, in order to ensure maximum impact on those groups facing intersectional disadvantage;

Or. en

Amendment 405

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22a. Recalls that EU Delegations cannot, under any circumstances, duplicate the role of Member States' embassies in foreign relations, which are the primary actors in diplomatic engagement and bilateral relations, representing the national interests of Member States; emphasizes the importance of maintaining distinct responsibilities and functions to ensure effective collaboration and representation;

Or. en

Amendment 406

Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the atrocities, war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including sexual violence, gender-based violence, the deportation of children and the torture and killing of civilians and prisoners of war, committed by the Turkish armed forces and their proxies in Turkey’s illegal, unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against the Republic of Cyprus; recalls that supporting the Republic of Cyprus in withstanding the illegal Turkish occupation of its territories is of key importance to safeguard a rules-based international order; urges that all necessary measures be taken to make sure that those who have committed war crimes and human rights violations in the Republic of Cyprus are identified and held accountable; calls on the EU and its Member States to offer their full support to the relevant stakeholders, measures and mechanisms in this field; stresses the importance of preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and welcomes any effort to that end;

Or. el

Amendment 407

Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Notes the ideologically driven total liquidation of the Christians of the Ottoman Empire/Turkey that has been systematically applied over time, and the absence of initiatives by the European institutions to obtain justice for Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians;

Or. el

Amendment 408

Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Notes that the coordination by the European Commission of the payment of German reparations and repayment of forced loans to Greece and Poland, following the Second World War, is primarily an ethical issue, but also a matter of humanity and democracy, which will strengthen the example of democracy provided by Europe on the international stage;

Or. el

Amendment 409

Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Notes that the EU ought to act in accordance with international law, particularly with reference to the protection of its Member States; in that regard, calls: for the implementation of the Treaty of Lausanne to the letter; in other words, calls for the return of property to the Greeks of Constantinople, Imvros and Tenedos and the provision of compensation for persecution, and calls for measures to be taken to counter the presence of the Turkish army in the Republic of Cyprus, Syria and Iraq;

Or. el

Amendment 410

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Right to freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment

Right to freedom from torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Or. en

Amendment 411

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Right to freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment

Right to freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Or. en

Amendment 412

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Condemns any action or attempt to legalise, instigate, authorise, consent or acquiesce to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment methods under any circumstances; condemns the increasing reports of the use of torture by state actors in many different contexts including in custodial and extra custodial settings, particularly in the context of protests, and in conflict situations around the world, and reiterates the non-derogable nature of the right to be free from torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment; echoes human rights bodies’ recognition that banning abortion may subject women to suffering amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and calls for reform of restrictive abortion laws; reiterates its calls for universal ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol and the necessity for States to bring their national provisions into line with their international commitments;

Or. en

Amendment 413

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Condemns any action or attempt to legalise, instigate, authorise, consent or acquiesce to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment methods under any circumstances; calls for the EU to reiterate its zero-tolerance policy to torture and other ill-treatment; condemns the increasing reports of the use of torture by state actors in conflict situations around the world, and reiterates the non-derogable nature of the right to be free from torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment; echoes human rights bodies’ recognition that banning abortion may subject women to suffering amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and calls for reform of restrictive abortion laws;

Or. en

Amendment 414

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 415

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. pl

Amendment 416

Petras Auštrevičius, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Barry Andrews, Nathalie Loiseau, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 417

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23a. Recalls the need to implement a victim-centred and comprehensive approach from prevention to reparation, including rehabilitation, protection, and accountability in addressing torture and ill-treatment; reiterates in accordance with the revised Guidelines on EUs policy towards third countries on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, adopted by the Council on 16 September 2019, its support to civil society organisation in their activities to eradicate torture, and to monitor places of detention; considers local civil society organisations as a priority in all bilateral and multilateral co-operation;

Or. en

Amendment 418

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23a. Reiterates its calls for universal ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol and the necessity for States to bring their national provisions in line with international standards; reiterates, in accordance with the revised Guidelines on EUs policy towards third countries on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, adopted by the Council on 16 September 2019, the importance to engage with relevant stakeholders in the fight to eradicate torture, and to monitor places of detention;

Or. en

Amendment 419

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23a. Condemns the fact that the Lukashenko regime is subjecting political prisoners to torture, forced labour and healthcare deprivation; calls on the International Red Cross and other institutions to fulfil their remit of supporting political prisoners; calls on the international community to apply universal jurisdiction to members of the system of repression who are responsible for imprisonments and the harsh conditions in which political prisoners are being detained under Lukashenko’s regime;

Or. pl

Amendment 420

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23a. Condemns, in the strongest terms, the systematic torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russia in the context of its barbaric war of aggression against Ukraine; demands an assurance that those guilty of the torture and execution of Ukrainian prisoners are made accountable for their actions;

Or. fi

Amendment 421

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association

Or. en

Amendment 422

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23b. Reiterates the need to protect the EU democratic space and the exercise of fundamental freedoms, particularly freedoms of assembly and association; highlights the growing violent repression of protest and peaceful assemblies within the EU civic space, with cases of torture and ill-treatment resulting in deaths and other serious violations; underscores the need to strengthen this fundamental right in conjunction with the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment;

Or. en

Amendment 423

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Right to food

Right to food and water

Or. en

Amendment 424

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Recalls that the right to food, including having physical and economic access to adequate food or the means to its procurement, is a human right; is extremely concerned about the challenges to the right to food worldwide, especially in situations of war and conflicts; strongly condemns the use or the threat of food insecurity as a political instrument of war, as well as the adverse effects of speculation with the price of food; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote mandatory guidelines on the right to food without discrimination within the UN system; calls in particular for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in order to allow uninterrupted access to food and water for all its inhabitants;

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Amendment 425

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Recalls that the right to food, including having physical and economic access to adequate food or the means to its procurement, is a human right; is extremely concerned about the challenges to the right to food worldwide, especially in situations of war and conflicts; notes with concern the increasing reports of the weaponisation of food in situations of armed conflict; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote mandatory guidelines on the right to food without discrimination within the UN system; urges the European Union and its Member States to fully support, politically and financially, organisations and agencies working to secure the right to food in conflict zones, and condemns the stigmatization of such agencies and their workers;

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Amendment 426

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Recalls that the right to food, including having physical and economic access to adequate food or the means to its procurement, is a human right; is extremely concerned about the challenges to the right to food worldwide, especially in situations of war and conflicts; notes with concern the increasing reports of the weaponisation of food in situations of armed conflict; condemns, in the strongest terms, Russia’s strikes against vessels carrying Ukrainian grain; stresses that Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine threatens global food security; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote mandatory guidelines on the right to food without discrimination within the UN system;

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Amendment 427

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Recalls that the right to food, including having physical and economic access to adequate food or the means to its procurement, is a human right; is extremely concerned about the challenges to the right to food worldwide, especially in situations of war and conflicts; notes with concern the increasing reports of the weaponisation of food in situations of armed conflict; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote mandatory guidelines on the right to food without discrimination within the UN system; recalls the importance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas in view of attaining food security;

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Amendment 428

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Recalls that the right to food, including having physical and economic access to adequate food or the means to its procurement, is a human right; is extremely concerned about the challenges to the right to food worldwide, especially in situations of war and conflicts; notes with concern the increasing reports of the weaponisation of food in situations of armed conflict; emphasizes that policymaking regarding the right to food is the responsibility of Member States and international organizations like the United Nations, and that the EU should limit itself to a supportive role without imposing binding guidelines;

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Amendment 429

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Recalls that the right to food, including having physical and economic access to adequate food or the means to its procurement, is a human right; is extremely concerned about the challenges to the right to food worldwide, especially in situations of war and conflicts; notes with concern the increasing reports of the weaponisation of food in situations of armed conflict; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote mandatory guidelines on the right to food without discrimination within the UN system; commends the work of the UN World Food Programme;

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Amendment 430

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24a. Reaffirms the right to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right, both rights being complementary; underlines that access to clean drinking water is indispensable to a healthy and dignified life and is essential for the development of human dignity; highlights the fact that the right to water is a fundamental precondition for the enjoyment of other rights, and as such must be guided by a logic grounded in the public interest, and common public and global goods; underscores the importance of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and urges the EU institutions and the Member States, to implement them in and towards third countries and in multilateral forums;

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Amendment 431

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Climate change and the environment

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Amendment 432

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Climate change and the environment

Climate change and the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment

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Amendment 433

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Highlights that climate change and its impact on the environment has direct effects on the effective enjoyment of all human rights; recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous people, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; deplores the risks that environmental HRDs and indigenous activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment;

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Or. en

Amendment 434

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 435

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Highlights that the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution has direct effects on the effective enjoyment of all human rights; recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous peoples and local communities, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; deplores the increased attacks that environmental HRDs and indigenous activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; calls for the EU to promote a UN-level initiative for international observers to monitor serious environmental damage or situations where environmental rights defenders are most at risk and to engage with and assist the authorities in establishing a protective environment for these defenders; recalls that indigenous peoples and local communities play an important role in the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity; calls on all States, particularly the EU and the Member States, to ensure that indigenous peoples and local communities are included in the deliberations and decision-making processes of international climate diplomacy; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment; reiterates its call for swift and effective progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; expresses its support to the normative efforts at international level in relation to environmental crimes; in this regard, encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; draws attention, furthermore, to the risks posed by climate change to peace and security, as food insecurity and water scarcity can lead to competition over natural resources and then to instability and conflicts within and between states; recognises that children face more acute risks from climate-related disasters and are also one of the largest groups to be affected; calls on the EU to focus on addressing the impacts of climate change on the enjoyment of the rights of the child;

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Amendment 436

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Highlights that climate change and its impact on the environment has direct effects on the effective enjoyment of all human rights including the most basic human rights, such as access to water, natural resources and food; recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous people, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; deplores the risks that environmental HRDs and indigenous activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; recalls that the transition to clean energy must be fair and respect everyone’s fundamental rights; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment; draws particular attention to the link between the exploitation of natural resources and the financing of conflicts, wars and violence, directly or indirectly included by multinational corporations; recognizes that the environmental consequences of climate change may exacerbate forced migration and displacement;

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Amendment 437

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Highlights that climate change and its impact on the environment has direct effects on the effective enjoyment of all human rights; notes that communities contributing the least to climate change are the ones more likely to be affected by climate risks and natural disasters and calls, in this regard, for increasing support to the most vulnerable groups; recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous people, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; deplores the risks that environmental HRDs and indigenous activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment; reiterates the importance of the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and cutting emissions for the protection of human rights of present and future generations;

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Amendment 438

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous people, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; deplores the risks that environmental HRDs and indigenous activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment; is concerned about the impacts of externalising EU climate policy on the rights of indigenous peoples and on the rights and freedoms of individuals around the world; warns that the EU’s quest for green hydrogen must not come at the cost of populations and the environment in other parts of the world;

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Amendment 439

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Highlights that climate change and its impact on the environment has direct effects on the effective enjoyment of all human rights; recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous people, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; deplores the risks that environmental HRDs and indigenous activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; condemns, likewise, the destruction of sites and works of art of cultural and historical value in the name of environmental activism; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment;

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Amendment 440

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Highlights that climate change and its impact on the environment has direct effects on the effective enjoyment of all human rights; recognises the important work of CSOs, indigenous people, traditional local communities, land and environmental HRDs and indigenous activists for the protection of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, including access to land and water sources; deplores the risks that environmental HRDs and indigenous and local communities activists face and calls for their effective protection to be guaranteed; notes with deep concern the increasing threats to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment posed by the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and other forms of warfare that adversely and disproportionately affect the environment;

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Amendment 441

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 442

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25a. Asks the EU and its Member States to recognise and protect indigenous people’s rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and ILO Convention No 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent; requests that the Member States which have not yet done so ratify ILO Convention No 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;

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Amendment 443

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25a. Stresses the need to effectively address the displacement of people caused by environmental destruction and climate change, which increases the risk of human rights violations and vulnerabilities to different forms of exploitation;

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Amendment 444

Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; stresses that the registration of child refugees and undocumented child migrants, including the collection of their biometric data, in line with the guidelines of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on operational standards for registration and documentation, constitutes a vital step in ensuring their safety and preventing abuses of all kinds, including their recruitment as child soldiers; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;

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Amendment 445

Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Paolo Inselvini, Arkadiusz Mularczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights, including the most marginalised and those in the most vulnerable situations, through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, practices such as surrogacy, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; calls for new EU initiatives to promote and protect children’s rights, with a view to rehabilitating and reintegrating children affected by conflict, providing them with a protected environment based on the family and on the community as the natural context for their lives, in which care and education are key elements; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;

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Amendment 446

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external and internal policies; calls on the USA, as the only remaining country not to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to do so as a matter of urgency in order to allow for the universal ratification of this foundational instrument;

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Amendment 447

Viktória Ferenc, András László, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education, including the right to education in the mother tongue, and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;

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Amendment 448

Matthieu Valet, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including feminine genital mutilation and online sexual abuse, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;

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Amendment 449

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including the genital mutilation of girls and boys, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;

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Amendment 450

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, honour-related oppression, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;

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Amendment 451

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. Condemns, in the strongest terms, the abduction of Ukrainian children and their deportation to Russia; recalls, in this connection, that the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights; recalls that, through its actions, Russia is trying to erase the children’s Ukrainian identity and bring them up as Russians; takes the view that this is an indication of the genocidal nature of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 452

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. Strongly condemns that according to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, since 7 October, some 17,000 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip, dozens of children have died from malnutrition and 3,500 children are at risk of death due to lack of food, at least one million have been displaced, 21,000 are reported missing, 20,000 have lost one or both parents and 17,000 are alone or separated from their families, including in some cases arbitrarily detained;

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Amendment 453

Petras Auštrevičius, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Barry Andrews, Nathalie Loiseau, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. Stresses the importance of closing the financing gap that would enable countries to meet their SDG 4 targets on quality education and ensure access to education for all children and youth; reiterates its calls to address cultural norms and gender bias that prevent girls and women from receiving an education and urges the creation of gender-responsive education systems worldwide;

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Amendment 454

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. Deplores any initiatives by NGOs and media organisations that violate children's right to healthy and natural development through the promotion of so-called affirmative care; calls on EU institutions to defend the healthy and natural development of minors across the world;

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Amendment 455

Matthieu Valet, András László, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. Recalls that Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) states that the child has the right, as far as possible, to know and be cared for by his or her parents; condemns methods of procreation that are in breach of this right, such as surrogacy;

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Amendment 456

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26b. Highlights the role of education in the development of children and young people around the world; stresses that access to mandatory comprehensive sexuality education is a human right and a key tool to preventing gender-based discrimination, violence and exploitation and equip young people with knowledge to protect their health and empower them;

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Amendment 457

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Rights of women and gender equality

Rights of women including sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality

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Amendment 458

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Rights of women and gender equality

Rights of women, equality and right to life

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Amendment 459

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, post-conflicts and displacement, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; condemns the ongoing backlash on gender equality and women’s rights, including all attempts to roll back existing entitlements and protections as well as legislation, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict these rights in many countries; calls for the EU, its Member States to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; calls for an EU charter of women’s rights including a right to abortion; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention and calls on the EU Member States who have not yet done so to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 460

András László

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, condemns the use of violence against women and children, including rape, murder, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy and forced sterilization as weapon of war, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns gender-based violence; strongly reiterates its call to fight sex-selective abortions which in particular targets girls and women; calls for a stronger EU commitment and support to the protection of motherhood in third countries, in particular of mothers who suffer hostility, discrimination or stigmatization due to their condition of being mothers, in pregnancy or with born children, or are in a situation of unemployment or poverty; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 461

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; strongly condemns instances of female genital mutilation, honour killings, child marriages and forced marriages, which are particularly widespread practices in Islamic communities; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; encourages Member States to combat the practice of surrogacy, which constitutes a form of exploitation of women’s bodies;

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Amendment 462

Petras Auštrevičius, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Nathalie Loiseau, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; urges the remaining EU Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention without further delay; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; strongly condemns the Taliban's policies towards women and girls, which amount to gender apartheid, and calls for continued and increased EU support to provide Afghan girls and women with the means to access education and the labour market;

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Amendment 463

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience unequal treatment and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; stresses that women in most Islamic countries are treated unequally and that this unequal treatment is based on cultural norms and religious practices that are frequently reflected in both civil and criminal law; stresses that domestic violence, marital rape, forced marriage, temporary marriages, child marriages, honour killings and female genital mutilation remain prevalent in many Islamic countries; is deeply concerned by the consequences of mass migration for the freedom and rights of women as well as their safety in Europe; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 464

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; underlines the need to keep opposing and condemning in the stronger terms the cruel and misogynistic anti-abortion laws that punish women and girls with decades-long jail sentences, even in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the pregnant person is at risk; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 465

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality, including the right to life, are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ lives and basic human rights; condemns in the strongest terms gender-based violence; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; emphasises the importance of safeguarding the rights of women, ensuring that their health, safety, and dignity are protected, particularly in the context of healthcare access and workplace protections; opposes the practice of surrogacy, viewing it as a commodification of women’s bodies and children, and urges the EU to protect women from such exploitation; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 466

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence in a disproportionate manner, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights, and to incorporate a gender mainstreaming approach across all policies taking into account the differentiated impacts of global challenges such as climate change or conflicts; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 467

Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; is appalled by the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war and stresses the need to shed light on these instances and for better international cooperation on fighting impunity for these crimes; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 468

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, post-conflicts and displacements, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; fully supports the role of the EU Ambassador on Gender and Diversity and calls for increased resources for its mandate;

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Amendment 469

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in societies that follow Sharia law and in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; supports strongly women’s autonomy and condemns the forced veiling of women; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 470

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 471

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; honour killings, child marriages and forced marriages, all of which are specifically prevalent in Islamic communities;

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Amendment 472

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence; recalls that in the context of conflicts women are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; strongly condemns, in this regard, the use of sexual violence against women and girls as a tool of war; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 473

Matthieu Valet, András László, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. 27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life, as illustrated by the persistence of sex-selective abortions in some countries, including in Europe; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 474

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; regrets that a number of EU Member States have failed to ratify it thus far; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 475

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 476

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, due to honour-related oppression, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation;

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Amendment 477

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 478

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Stresses the critical need to protect the rights of pregnant women, ensuring comprehensive support for their health, safety, and dignity;

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Amendment 479

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Recognises that the promotion and protection of SRHR is essential to achieving gender equality and affirms the right to access comprehensive SRHR services, including modern contraception, safe and legal abortion, maternal, prenatal and postnatal healthcare, assisted reproduction and access to education and information on SRHR, including comprehensive sexuality education, without any form of discrimination, coercion or violence; calls for the announced Roadmap on Women’s Rights to comprehensively address and raise protections for all women’s rights including sexual and reproductive health and rights both externally and internally within the EU;

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Amendment 480

Matthieu Valet, András László, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which compromises human dignity, exploiting the woman's body and its reproductive functions, as well as considering the unborn child as an object; calls on the Member States to follow the example of Italy, which recently adopted a law strengthening the ban on surrogacy by making it illegal abroad; welcomes the initiative of the Casablanca Declaration, an international group of experts, researchers, lawyers and doctors who have drawn up a proposal for an international convention for the universal abolition of surrogacy;

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Amendment 481

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Reiterates its condemnation of surrogacy in all its forms, a global phenomenon that necessarily entails human trafficking and exploits women, targeting in particular financially and socially vulnerable women; highlights that the practice violates women’s rights and dignity, and severely impacts women’s health, and underlines its cross-border implications;

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Amendment 482

Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Paolo Inselvini, Arkadiusz Mularczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Condemns surrogacy because it undermines the human dignity of the woman, reducing her body and its reproductive functions to commodities; believes that surrogacy, which involves exploiting a woman’s body for reproduction, should be banned, including in relation to vulnerable women in developing countries;

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Amendment 483

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Reiterates its condemnation of the practice of surrogacy, a global phenomenon that exposes women worldwide to exploitation and human trafficking, while targeting financially and socially vulnerable women in particular; highlights its severe impact on women, women’s rights, and women’s health, and underlines its cross-border implications;

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Amendment 484

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Condemns the use of violence against women and children, including rape, murder, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy and forced sterilization as weapon of war;

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Amendment 485

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Calls for the EU to defend girls, women and women’s rights based on the individual’s biological sex;

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Amendment 486

Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Reiterates its unwavering support to all oppressed women worldwide, particularly the women of Afghanistan, who have been erased from public life and are barred from exercising their fundamental rights to education and work due to the Taliban's extreme interpretation of Sharia law, and the women of Iran, who are still subjected to the inhumane curtailing of their rights two years after the Women, Life, Freedom movement was brutally repressed; supports the international initiative to codify gender apartheid as a crime against humanity as part of the work on a future Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity;

Or. en

Amendment 487

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27a. Condemns the devastating policy of gender apartheid lead by Taliban in Afghanistan and urges the de facto authorities to immediately restore the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in public life, particularly access to education, healthcare and work; calls on the EU and its member states to recognise gender apartheid as a crime under international law in order to hold Afghanistan and those responsible for this crime accountable;

Or. en

Amendment 488

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27b. Recognises that gender apartheid constitutes a systematic and institutionalised form of oppression, depriving women and girls of fundamental rights solely on the basis of their gender; notes with deep concern the entrenchment of gender apartheid in various regions, where women face extensive restrictions on education, employment, healthcare, and freedom of movement, often underpinned by legal and cultural frameworks that reinforce gender-based discrimination;

Or. en

Amendment 489

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27b. Recognises that the promotion and protection of SRHR is essential to achieving gender equality and affirms the right to access comprehensive SRHR services, including modern contraception, safe and legal abortion, maternal, prenatal and postnatal healthcare, assisted reproduction and access to education and information on SRHR, including comprehensive sexuality education, without any form of discrimination, coercion or violence; calls for the EU, the EEAS and the Member States to take robust action to prioritise and promote SRHR, including access to safe and legal abortion, in multilateral and bilateral relations in accordance with international human rights law and standards and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines;

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Amendment 490

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27b. Condemns in strong terms the use of early and forced marriage against women and girls; calls on the Commission and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to address the issue of early and forced marriage in countries, such as, for example, Pakistan;

Or. en

Amendment 491

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27b. Strongly condemns all forms of surrogacy arrangements, both commercial and altruistic, and urges the Commission to propose legislation aimed at preventing the exploitation of women in such arrangements;

Or. en

Amendment 492

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27c. Urges the European Union and its Member States to proactively address gender apartheid through strengthened diplomatic efforts, targeted economic measures, and accountability mechanisms that support civil society organisations advocating for gender equality; calls to formally recognise gender apartheid as a distinct human rights violation and to support international initiatives for its classification as a crime against humanity, thus contributing to the establishment of global accountability standard;

Or. en

Amendment 493

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Rights of refugees and asylum seekers

Rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

Or. en

Amendment 494

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Rights of refugees and asylum seekers

Rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

Or. en

Amendment 495

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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Amendment 496

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 497

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons, including at the EU’s external borders; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to uphold their obligations under international law including by putting an immediate end to violent and illegal pushbacks at its external borders, conducting search and rescue operations and allowing for the prompt disembarkation in a safe port of those rescued at sea, and substantially increasing their support for countries hosting the most refugees, including through resettlement and humanitarian admission, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; underlines that the respect for fundamental rights should be a precondition for such cooperation; points to the a number third country authorities involvement in migrant smuggling schemes, and urges the EU to ensure it does not contribute to these practices by directly or indirectly funding these entities; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; insists that all EU and Member States' migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states strictly comply with international human rights, refugee and maritime law, particularly with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; calls on the EU and its Member States to suspend all direct or indirect support and cooperation in the migration field, with parties known to have committed grave violations of the human rights of refugees, migrants or asylum-seekers; reiterates its call on the Commission to integrate ex-ante Human Rights Impact Assessments before potential new partnerships are signed with third countries, as well as monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the EU’s financial support is not directly or indirectly contributing to human rights violations; calls for the abolishment of the practice of concluding informal arrangements with third countries in relation to migration cooperation, in order to ensure transparency and allow for parliamentary scrutiny and democratic oversight; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 498

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10,, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

28. Notes with concern that the EU’s external borders are under constant and growing pressure, and that since 2015 over 2.39 million migrants have crossed the Mediterranean in order to reach Europe; stresses that the current challenges in the area of migration and asylum have become unmanageable because of the sharp rise in illegal migration; stresses that the inefficiency of the EU’s return system encourages illegal migration and that the difficulty of cooperating with migrants’ countries of origin is one of the reasons for the low return rate of illegal migrants; argues in favour of shifting the emphasis away from managing illegal migration in Europe and towards supporting asylum seekers and migrants in the countries of origin and regions; argues in favour of more effective return systems in the EU Member States and reception centres in third countries; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; regrets that the European Court of Auditors has once again found that funding under the EU Emergency Trust Fund is still not concentrating enough on priorities to tackle the root causes of illegal migration; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced;

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Amendment 499

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

28. Draws attention to the situation of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons and the challenges associated with growing migratory pressure; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum as well as their obligations to their host states; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 500

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and transit and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling, as well as the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling ; denounces, in this regard, the conclusion of informal agreements on migration management with transit countries known to disregard the human rights of migrants, without the scrutiny of the European Parliament, and calls on the European Commission and the Member States to include robust human rights clauses, monitoring mechanisms and impact assessments; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and women and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU, such as humanitarian visas, and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 501

Mika Aaltola

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 502

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 503

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; underlines the importance of registration as a key tool for protecting refugees and ensuring the integrity of refugee protection systems, preventing the detour of humanitarian aid, human trafficking and the recruitment of children into armed militias; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 504

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; deplores the increasing xenophobia, racism and discrimination towards migrants, as well as the different forms of violence they face, including during their displacement and many barriers such as in access to healthcare; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 505

Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; condemns the instrumentalisation of migration at EU borders by foreign actors, which constitutes hybrid attacks against Member States as well as a dehumanisation of migrants; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 506

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; underlines that, in order to exercise said right, the bureaucratic process should be clear and that they should receive assistance when needed; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 507

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law, but emphasises that these rights have to be balanced with the rights of the citizens of the Member States; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 508

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

28. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons and their fundamental right to seek asylum; emphasises that Member States have the right to organise the processing of the applications of asylum seekers outside the EU, as the current system is now being systematically abused; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 509

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to better engaged with non-EU countries that remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Or. en

Amendment 510

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial, alongside the equally important dissemination of information about the EU’s migration rules in order to avoid high-risk journeys being made unnecessarily by those who do not have grounds for asylum; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 511

Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, those seeking asylum in safe states that border their state of origin and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum in safe neighbouring states; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of illegal immigration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10, including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 512

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries, in full respect of fundamental rights, remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU10 , including the development of talent partnerships with partner countries;

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 513

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Denounces the erosion of the human rights and the safety of refugees, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and fundamental right to seek asylum; recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with international law; denounces the deaths in the Sea as well as other migratory routes and rejects human rights abuses and violations suffered by refugees and migrants; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold their rights in the EU’s asylum and migration policy and in the EU’s cooperation with partner countries in this regard; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and, where possible, step up their support for countries hosting the most refugees, as well as for transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling are crucial; calls for EU-funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines that to prevent migrant smuggling is crucial developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU

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10 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

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Amendment 514

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 – point 1 (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

(1) Calls on the Commission to provide a strong and clear policy steer to ensure EU development aid and investments are not greenlighted unless the beneficiary state has agreed to migration management agreements that allow for returns of all citizen's with a valid deportation order in a Member State or the establishment of third country partner state asylum processing and reception centres;

Or. en

Amendment 515

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 – point 2 (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

(2) Calls on a policy of the regional placement of refugees and on making international funding conditional upon the effective implementation of return and readmission agreements with third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 516

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 – point 3 (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

(3) Denounces that the EU’s migration policy for many years is to blame for the erosion of the human rights and the safety of citizens of the Member States due to the fact that illegal migrants would not risk their lives to travel to Europe if pull factors were not being created by EU policies;

Or. en

Amendment 517

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 – point 4 (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

(4) Notes with concern that NGOs play a major role in facilitating migrant smuggling by acting as a shuttle service and by giving migrants advice to circumvent domestic laws by instructing them to dispose of their travel and identification documentation; emphasizes that NGOs that facilitate illegal migration should not receive any EU funding and reiterates that illegal search and rescue operations by NGOs should be criminalized;

Or. en

Amendment 518

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Is deeply concerned about the practice of concluding informal arrangements with third countries in relation to migration cooperation, over which the European Parliament has no oversight; calls on the Member States to ensure transparency and allow for parliamentary scrutiny and democratic oversight, notably regarding cooperation with parties known to have committed violations of human rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate pre-assessment as well as monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the human rights impact of cooperation on migration with third countries, and to share the results with Parliament; insists on including human rights clauses in migration agreements and calls for their suspension if human rights violations occur;

Or. en

Amendment 519

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Recalls that the right to asylum and refugees’ rights are not absolute, but are subordinate to the duty of States to guarantee and maintain peace in their territories; condemns the perverse misuse of those rights by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and associations which, through their actions and advice, are contributing to migrant trafficking; stresses that those NGOs and associations should not receive any funding from the EU; reiterates that activities to support illegal entry into Member States, such as the search and rescue operations carried out by NGOs, should be the subject of legal proceedings;

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Amendment 520

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Notes the duplicity and complicity of NGOs in facilitating human smuggling in the European Union; stresses that private entities should not be involved in carrying out search and rescue operations which constitutes a breach of national laws; reiterates its calls to block funding to these so-called society groups that act as an illegal shuttle service to smuggle migrants and reiterates its call to hold criminally these NGOs for migrants smuggling and human trafficking;

Or. en

Amendment 521

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Strongly believes that a reinforcement of humanitarian aid, accompanied by clear objectives in terms of the rule of law and governance, and measures to discourage and limit illegal migration, is needed for the Union to be able to respond to emerging crises; calls that the recipients and use of such aids have to be carefully monitored and that the European Parliament has to be constantly informed about their use;

Or. en

Amendment 522

Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Calls on the European Commission to examine the creation of Special European Zones in the territory of third states, in which:

(a) the EU acquis will be fully implemented;

(b) investment of European undertakings will be focused;

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Amendment 523

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Calls to respect the principle of non-refoulement to countries where the life and liberty of people would be threatened; regrets that some have even been returned to the border or expelled to places where their lives were in danger in defiance of international law, including the right to asylum;

Or. en

Amendment 524

Barry Andrews, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct a human rights assessment before any agreement relating to migration is concluded with partner countries; reaffirms that Parliament should be included in this process, ensuring parliamentary scrutiny and democratic oversight.

Or. en

Amendment 525

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Condemns the activities of pseudo-NGOs that facilitate mass illegal immigration to the European continent; calls on these organisations to stop conflating illegal immigrants and genuine asylum seekers as it undermines the tolerance and protection efforts the latter deserve;

Or. en

Amendment 526

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28b. calls on the EU and its Member States to be fully transparent about the allocation of funds from third countries for cooperation in migration matters, and to ensure that migration-related European funding, training or other forms of support to third countries do not directly or indirectly facilitate the perpetration of human rights violations, nor reinforce and perpetuate impunity for such violations; calls for the suspension of all agreements and negotiations of readmission agreements with countries that do not respect human rights; urges to subject any EU or Member State-funded migratory cooperation project or initiative to thorough and independent ex-ante human rights impact assessments and monitoring throughout the project, and to disclose the results of such assessments and monitoring to the EP;

Or. en

Amendment 527

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28b. Notes with concern that NGOs play a major role in facilitating migrant smuggling by acting as a shuttle service and by giving migrants advice on how to circumvent national laws by instructing them to dispose of their travel and identification documentation; emphasises that NGOs that facilitate illegal migration should not receive any EU funding and reiterates that illegal search and rescue operations by NGOs, as well as all other activities in support of illegal entry into the Member States, should be prosecuted in accordance with national law;

Or. en

Amendment 528

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28b. Emphasizes that continued migration from radical Islamic countries, such as Afghanistan, to Europe risks importing fundamentalist Sharia laws thus undermining women's rights in Europe; urges Member States to halt the mass influx from these countries, primarily composed of young adult males; calls for the rapid and effective implementation of measures to readmit migrants posing a threat to European security and the enforcement of readmission agreements for illegal migrants;

Or. en

Amendment 529

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28b. Condemns governments engaging in hybrid attacks using illegal immigrants to strain the European asylum system; calls on Member States to stop funding organisations that facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants into ports of EU Member States and to the external Schengen borders;

Or. en

Amendment 530

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28c. calls on the EU and its Member States not to include funds for the reception of refugees or migrants or policies for the control or return of migrants in official development assistance and any conditionality of aid in this area; denounces, in particular, the conditionality of the aid provided to certain countries through readmission agreements and the multiplication of negotiations in this area

Or. en

Amendment 531

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28c. Calls on EU missions worldwide to ensure that refugees receive assistance and refugee status in the first safe country, in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and to seek ways in which the EU can help refugees return to their countries of origin as soon as possible after the end of the conflict;

Or. en

Amendment 532

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28c. Reminds that the return and repatriation of foreign criminals is essential to maintaining public safety, safeguarding the rule of law and upholding the integrity of immigration and asylum systems within the European Union;

Or. en

Amendment 533

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28d. Urges Member States and the EU to exert diplomatic, economic, and political pressure on third countries to promptly readmit their nationals who have committed crimes in the European Union, especially those subject to legal and administrative expulsion orders; stresses that cooperation agreements, trade, visa policies, and financial assistance to third countries should be made conditional on compliance with readmission obligations; calls, in this regard, for an increase and better cooperation between Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 534

Matthieu Valet, Thierry Mariani, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28e. Reminds that Western Sahara is a sovereign territory of Morocco and condemns Algeria's continuous support to the Polisario Front; deplores that this support destabilizes the region and therefore increases the number of local inhabitants trying to illegally immigrate to Europe and facilitates the work of human traffickers in conducting their inhuman business and in establishing new migration routes;

Or. en

Amendment 535

Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Condemns Moscow’s continuing policy of colonialism and systematic oppression of indigenous peoples and national and ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation and territories occupied by it, including the persecution of the indigenous Crimean Tatars in the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula occupied by Russia; calls on the international community to draw attention to this problem and to bring pressure to bear on Moscow in order to halt violations of human rights and international standards, including the right to use one’s own language, culture and religion; especially deplores Moscow’s disproportionate use of ethnic minorities as recruits during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, treating them as cannon fodder and thereby reducing their numbers yet further;

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Amendment 536

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Rights of LGBTIQ+ persons

Rights of persons of the world

Or. en

Amendment 537

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Rights of LGBTIQ+ persons

Rights of LGB persons

Or. en

Amendment 538

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

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Amendment 539

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against women and minorities;

Or. en

Amendment 540

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against persons around the world;

Or. en

Amendment 541

Matthieu Valet, Jordan Bardella, András László, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against any person on the grounds of sexual orientation;

Or. en

Amendment 542

András László, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) persons around the world;

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Amendment 543

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings of people due to their sexual orientation, happening around the world;

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Amendment 544

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against any persons regardless is origin, ethnicity, religion or belief around the world; is extremely concerned by the spreading of hatred and anti-LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislation that target LGBTIQ+ persons and HRDs, which is a common practice in Islamic countries;

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Amendment 545

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons around the world; is extremely concerned by the spreading of hatred and anti-LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislation that target LGBTIQ+ persons and HRDs; calls for the adoption of specific policies protecting LGBTIQ+ people and giving them the tools to safely report a violation of their rights; expresses special concern over LGBTIQ+ people living under non-democratic regimes or situations of conflict, and calls for rapid response mechanisms to protect them as well as their defenders; reiterates its calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ+ people around the world;

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Amendment 546

Lucia Yar, Barry Andrews, Dan Barna, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons around the world; is extremely concerned by the spreading of hatred and anti-LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislation that target LGBTIQ+ persons and HRDs; reiterates its calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ+ people around the world; calls to reject the use of the death penalty under any circumstances, including any legislation that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality; calls on the EU and its Member States to further engage the countries in reconsidering their position on the death penalty; notes, further, that the imposition of the death penalty based on such legislation is arbitrary killing per se and a breach of Article 6 of the ICCPR;

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Amendment 547

Robert Biedroń

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons around the world; calls for binding legal horizontal frameworks, in third countries, to protect LGBTIQ+ individuals from discrimination and violence, and for the inclusion of non-discrimination provisions based on sexual orientation and gender identity in international agreements, in order to standardise the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons; is extremely concerned by the spreading of hatred and anti-LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislation that target LGBTIQ+ persons and HRDs; reiterates its calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ+ people around the world;

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Amendment 548

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 549

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29a. Recalls that it is not for the EU to relay the demands of LGBTIQ+ associations calling for the recognition of individual rights that are in contradiction with fundamental biological and genetic realities constituting sexual differences between men and women; deplores the promotion of gender ideology by school curriculums under the pretext of sex education;

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Amendment 550

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Is concerned by the challenges to the full enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities; reiterates its calls for the EU to assist partner countries in the development of policies in support of carers of persons with disabilities; calls for the EU, in its external policy, to make use of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly concerning poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment, and participation in political life;

30. Is concerned by the challenges to the full enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities; points to the additional complications faced by persons with disabilities in conflict situations, as they are more vulnerable to violence and are often not receive adequate healthcare; urges all parties to conflict situations worldwide to take adequate measures to mitigate the risks for them as much as possible; reiterates its calls for the EU to assist partner countries in the development of policies in support of carers of persons with disabilities; calls for the EU, in its external policy, to make use of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly concerning poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment, and participation in political life;

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Amendment 551

Ioan-Rareş Bogdan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 552

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Is concerned by the challenges to the full enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities; reiterates its calls for the EU to assist partner countries in the development of policies in support of carers of persons with disabilities; calls to raise social awareness and combat discriminatory behaviours against persons with disabilities; calls for the EU, in its external policy, to make use of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly concerning poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment, and participation in political life;

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Amendment 553

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 554

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Is concerned by the challenges to the full enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities; reiterates its calls for the EU to assist partner countries in the development of policies in support of carers of persons with disabilities, regardless of gender; calls for the EU, in its external policy, to make use of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly concerning poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment, and participation in political life;

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Amendment 555

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to develop new avenues to strengthen the rights of elderly people, taking into account the multiple challenges they face, such as age-based discrimination, poverty, violence and a lack of social protection, healthcare and other essential services, as well as barriers to employment; reminds that the gender pay gap and its causes have exponentially damaging consequences for women throughout the lifecycle; calls to implement specific measures to combat the risk of poverty for older women, by the increase of pensions but also by social support; underlines the work of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing on a legally binding instrument to strengthen the protection of the human rights of older people and calls for the EU and its Member States to consider actively supporting that work;

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Amendment 556

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Hana Jalloul Muro, Chloé Ridel, Robert Biedroń, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to develop new avenues to strengthen the rights of elderly people, taking into account the multiple challenges they face, such as age-based discrimination, poverty, violence and a lack of social protection, healthcare and other essential services, as well as barriers to employment; underlines the work of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing on a legally binding instrument to strengthen the protection of the human rights of older people and calls for the EU and its Member States to consider actively supporting that work; stresses the need for a crosscutting intergenerational approach in EU policies, in order to build and encourage solidarity between the young and the elderly;

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Amendment 557

Viktória Ferenc, András László, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31a. Rights and protection of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities

Emphasizes the importance of protecting national, ethnic and linguistic minorities as a fundamental aspect of human rights and democratic governance; deplores that many countries, despite their international obligations and commitments to protect minorities, are pursuing policies of forced assimilation of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities by disregarding their fundamental rights; emphasises that minorities should not become a target or instrument of any military tension or conflict; recalls the obligations of states based on international treaties and agreements to protect the rights of these minorities within their respective territories; calls on the governments of the EU’s partner countries to respect the rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, including their cultures, languages, religions, traditions and histories in order to preserve diversity and linguistic and cultural identity; calls on the governments of EU partner countries to adopt and enforce comprehensive policies and legal frameworks that guarantee the rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities; this must include, inter alia, guaranteed access to mother-tongue education at all levels of education, and the right to use minority languages in both public and private spheres; additionally, governments must ensure the participation of minority representatives in political processes at all levels, so minority voices are fully considered in decision-making, and protect these communities from discrimination and hate speech; calls for the EU and its Member States to enhance diplomatic efforts and collaboration with partner countries in promoting the rights of minorities and provide active support for these partner countries to this end; calls on the Commission to support the protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons belonging to minorities worldwide, including within the human rights and democracy thematic programmes of NDICI – Global Europe;

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Amendment 558

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against all forms of extremism and welcomes the adoption of an EU strategy to this end;

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Amendment 559

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against all forms of extremism and welcomes the adoption of an EU strategy to this end; is abhorred by growing anti-Semitism inside and outside the EU, including online, and calls for effective EU tools to deal with this acute crisis in cooperation with like-minded partners;

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Amendment 560

Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms discrimination; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against all forms of extremism;

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Amendment 561

Sandra Gómez López, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 562

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, political opinion or membership of a political party, age, sexual orientation or gender identity; notes with concern that allegations of ‘hate speech’ are being misused in the EU and in other regions of the world to criminalise dissenting opinions;

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Amendment 563

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia, islamophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity; underlines the importance of taking an intersectional approach when considering discrimination issues; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against all forms of extremism and welcomes the adoption of an EU strategy to this end;

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Amendment 564

András László

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sex and sexual orientation; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to defend human rights across the globe;

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Amendment 565

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against all forms of extremism and welcomes the adoption of an EU strategy to this end;

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Amendment 566

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 567

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 568

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32a. Notes with great concern the scale and consequences of caste-based hierarchies, discrimination and human rights violations, including the denial of access to the legal system or employment, continued segregation, poverty and stigmatisation, and caste-related barriers to the exercise of basic human rights and human development; reiterates its call for the development of an EU policy on caste-based discrimination and specific local strategies to help fight caste-based discrimination in the countries most affected by it; recommends that the European Parliament address caste-based discrimination in all its relevant committees and delegations, appoints a focal point on caste-based discrimination, and when visiting non-EU countries concerned by the issue, consult with relevant organisations and raise caste-based discrimination with local authorities and other counterparts, as well as hold an annual hearing to review EU actions and progress on the occasion of the International Day on Racial Discrimination;

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Amendment 569

Isabel Serra Sánchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32b. Strongly condemns the discrimination and human rights violations against women with intersectional identities including those belonging to ethnic minorities such as Romani women; underlines that discrimination on any ground leads to rights violations in all spheres of life including access to education, healthcare and in particular sexual and reproductive healthcare, work, access to justice, and reiterates its calls on Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of marginalised groups of women and to eradicate the systemic, financial, legal, practical and social barriers they face;

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Amendment 570

Ioan-Rareş Bogdan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is incompatible with the right to life and a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; notes that despite the trend in some non-EU countries to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty, significant challenges in this regard still exist; deplores the fact that in other non-EU countries the number of death sentences that have been carried out has reached its highest level in the last five years; reiterates its call for all countries to completely abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition;

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Amendment 571

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 572

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is irreversible and incompatible with the right to life and with the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; notes that despite the trend in some non-EU countries to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty, significant challenges in this regard still exist; deplores the fact that in other non-EU countries the number of death sentences that have been carried out has reached its highest level in the last five years; reiterates its call for all countries to completely abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty (sentences and executions) as a first step towards its abolition;

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Amendment 573

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is incompatible with the right to life and with the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; notes that despite the trend in some non-EU countries to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty, significant challenges in this regard still exist; deplores the fact that in other non-EU countries the number of death sentences that have been carried out has reached its highest level in the last five years; reiterates its call for all countries to completely abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty (sentences and executions) as a first step towards its abolition;

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Amendment 574

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is incompatible with the right to life and a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that is irreversible; advocates for the respect of the rights of unborn children; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; notes that despite the trend in some non-EU countries to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty, significant challenges in this regard still exist; deplores the fact that in other non-EU countries the number of death sentences that have been carried out has reached its highest level in the last five years; reiterates its call for all countries to completely abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition;

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Amendment 575

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non-EU countries; recommends that the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU be granted more resources so that he can comfortably carry out his mandate; highlights the necessity for the Special Envoy to continue to work closely and in a complementary manner with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees;

34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; remains concerned by the situation of Christians globally, since Christian religious communities are still the most persecuted, and by the destruction, profanation and vandalism of Christian religious heritage, including in Europe; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non-EU countries; recommends that the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU be granted more resources so that he can comfortably carry out his mandate; highlights the necessity for the Special Envoy to continue to work closely and in a complementary manner with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees; encourages the EU and Member States to produce and implement a plan to protect historical Christian heritage in all the locations where it is at threat of destruction or abandonment;

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Amendment 576

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; is concerned about the worldwide increase of intolerance towards different religious communities; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non-EU countries; stresses that the freedom to choose one’s religion, to believe or not to believe is a human right that cannot be punished; condemns, therefore, the existence and implementation of so-called apostasy laws and blasphemy laws that lead to harsh penalties, degrading treatments and, in some cases, even to death sentences; recommends that the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU be granted more resources so that he can comfortably carry out his mandate; highlights the necessity for the Special Envoy to continue to work closely and in a complementary manner with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees

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Amendment 577

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non-EU countries; stresses that the freedom to choose one’s religion, to believe or not to believe at all is a fundamental human right that cannot be punished by death or any degrading treatment; condemns, therefore, the existence and implementation of so-called apostasy laws that criminalize and punish one’s active choice of religion, belief or non-belief; recommends that the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU be granted more resources so that he can comfortably carry out his mandate; highlights the necessity for the Special Envoy to continue to work closely and in a complementary manner with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees;

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